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General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Park, S., Owen-Boukra, E., Burford, B., Cohen, T., Duddy, C., Dunn, H., …Wong, G. (2024). General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e075189. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075189

Introduction: There are not enough general practitioners (GPs) in the UK National Health Service. This problem is worse in areas of the country where poverty and underinvestment in health and social care mean patients experience poorer health compare... Read More about General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol.

Evidence Based Practice: Medical Education Research (2023)
Book Chapter
Rees. (2023). Evidence Based Practice: Medical Education Research. In Family medicine in the undergraduate curriculum: preparing medical students to work in evolving health care systems. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre (2023)
Journal Article
Chatterton, B. D., Sharma, N., Rees, E. L., Hadfield-Law, L., Jermin, P. J., Banerjee, R., & Kiely, N. T. (2023). Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre. Medical Teacher, 45(9), 972-977. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2023.2206536

Learning in the operating theatre forms a critical part of postgraduate medical education. Postgraduate doctors present a diverse cohort of learners with a wide range of learning needs that will vary by their level of experience and curriculum requir... Read More about Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre.

Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060135

Purpose: To generate a large cohort of those in 2019 seriously considering applying to study Medicine, collecting data on a range of socio-economic and other demographic factors that influence choice of medical schools and to link to other datasets... Read More about Cohort Profile: Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study.

“I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice. (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). “I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice. Medical Education Online, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2022.2118121

Introduction Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who were educated in state funded schools are underrepresented in medicine in the UK. Widening access to medical students from these backgrounds has become a key political and research pri... Read More about “I’d have to fight for my life there”: a multicentre qualitative interview study of how socioeconomic background influences medical school choice..

A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice (2022)
Journal Article
Rees. (2022). A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11(3), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-022-00698-9

Introduction Scholarship is a key activity in health professions education (HPE). When disseminating scholarly work, how one selects the journal to which they submit is often argued to be a key determinant of subsequent success. To draw more evidenc... Read More about A method for the madness: An international survey of Health Professions Education authors’ journal choice.

Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study (2021)
Journal Article
Rees. (2021). Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.2006665

Purpose: To summarise and appraise evidence on the prognosis and long-term clinical and socio-economic outcomes following wrist fracture among adults aged 50 years and over. Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL-P and PsycINFO) we... Read More about Students’ Experiences of Peer Observed Teaching: A Qualitative Interview Study.

When I say... Social (2021)
Journal Article
Guckian, J., & Rees, E. L. (2022). When I say... Social. Medical Education, 56(1), 25-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14682

When the authors say "social" within medical education, they mean learning and working cultures that foster companionship, distribute capital, and facilitate communication. This piece discusses the impact of imbalance across these factors.

Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Rees. (2021). Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2021.1992372

Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020, which necessitated adaptations to medical education. This systematic review synthesises published reports of medical educational developments and innovations... Read More about Pivot to online learning for adapting or continuing workplace-based clinical learning in medical education following the COVID-19 pandemic: A BEME systematic review.

Mixing methods and data (2021)
Book Chapter
Harrison, D., Medisauskaite, A., & Rees, E. L. (2021). Mixing methods and data. . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429263484-6

When we hear ‘mixed methods’, we typically think of studies that combine quantitative and qualitative data. In this chapter, we put forward the idea that mixed methods are about mixing and combining various types of techniques, analyses, perspectives... Read More about Mixing methods and data.